i second the teeth idea. it has worked well for me over the years. don’t forget to spit, not swallow.
of course, if you look like Terry Thomas then you can strip #12 cable while wiring your house.
grizlump
My wife has been a chairside dental assistant for 40 years. She would go postal if she caught me doing that with my teeth.
The teeth thing used to work for me but not any more. Space between teeth is too wide for the wires. I wonder if anyone with dentures can take them out and use them as strippers and put them back in when done. [:D]
I use a Kronus wire stripper that I got from Radio Shack. It strips wires, has a wire cutter and is also a crimper. The stripper is adjustable from 10 - 24, 0.2 - 6.0. The crimper can handle from 10 to 22 insulated and 12 - 10, 4 -6, 22 - 14 non-insulated. It’s the best I’ve found so far.
Same. Peter Smith, Memphis
I KNEW someone else out there would know what I was talking about. I found them online for $80. Yikes! I also found them made by another manufacturer: they’re marketed under the name “Stripall” by Teledyne. No price was listed, so make your own inference (“if you need to ask how much, you can’t afford it”).
Lol… gee thanks. Now I have to clean the coffee off the computer monitor! [:D]
But, you know… it’s really not a bad idea. The denture thing, I mean. Reminds me of the couple that went into McDonalds, ordered their food and sat down. The man started eating and his wife just sat there… and sat there… just looking at her food. Finally the lady behind the counter came out and asked her if anything was wrong with the meal. The woman replied, No, just waiting for him to finish with the teeth.
Jarrell
Thumbnail or knife blade works for me. Kevin
I use a wire stripper. I have two types. One is #22 to #30 and one is #10 to #22 for layout wiring. The one with #30 is used for DCC wiring in locos. Works for me.
With a knife or Xacto blade, any nick on the solid type small diameter wire will result in sometimes breaking if the wire is flexed to much. Not to bad with stranded wire.
Rich
You forgot about your best friend, Google. Search for wire strippers. I cannot make it anymore simple than that. There are a wide variety of wire strippers available.
Rich
I have a pair of Craftsman wire strippers that range from 20 to 30 AWG solid, and 22 to 32 AWG stranded. One of the best investments I ever made, because they’re super sharp and usually strip effortlessly without leaving a mark. I’m amazed that any adult uses their teeth; I did that as a kid because I was impatient, but gave it up when I realized it did a number on the insulation, and probably wasn’t too good for my choppers to boot. I’ve used the razor blade method too, but it’s very easy to nick strands and have them break.
We had one of those automatic stripping pliers way back in the 80’s, but as I remember it didn’t work too well, tending to slip on the insulation. Maybe it was a cheap version.
If you look closely at the demo video, the first piece of insulation the guy strips has a strand of wire sticking out of it. [oops]
Oh yeah, I tried that. Although I entered “electric wire strippers”, not "thermal wire strippers.